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Malagasy Mainties
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Malagasy Mainties

Ptychochromoides

Ptychochromoides is a genus of cichlids endemic to Madagascar. Of the three described species, two are critically endangered and one was considered extinct until rediscovered in late 2010.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Vondrozo Cichlid

speciesPtychochromoides vondrozo

Trondo Mainty

speciesPtychochromoides betsileanus

Itasy Cichlid

speciesPtychochromoides itasy

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 91575.